7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion-which is the City of David.

Other Translations of 2 Samuel 5:7

King James Version

7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

English Standard Version

7 Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

The Message

7 But David went right ahead and captured the fortress of Zion, known ever since as the City of David.

New King James Version

7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

New Living Translation

7 But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:7

Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

(Read 2 Samuel 5:6-10)

The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Thus in the day of God's power, Satan's strong-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings every thought into obedience to himself. May He thus come, and claim, and cleanse, each of our hearts; and, destroying every idol, may he reign there for ever!